IBS Intelligence Podcasts

James Booth, VP Head of Partnerships, PPROGlobal provider of local payments infrastructure PPRO recently published its annual Almanac, a study expecting a 70% growth of digital payments in Europe in the next five years, as well as tracking the rise of ecommerce and changes in consumer behaviour. IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti discussed the findings and how the payment landscape might look like in 2022 with James Booth, VP Head of Partnerships at PPRO.

Marshall Choy, SVP Product, SambaNova SystemsUS firm SambaNova Systems is building what is being claimed as Europe’s fastest AI supercomputer for Hungary’s OTP Bank. The partnership between the two will deploy a multi-rack AI system, built on SambaNova Dataflow-as-a-Service GPT, offering the most advanced language model in the world at a commercial bank. The system will also be provided as a national AI resource in cooperation with Hungary’s Ministry for Innovation and Technology. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the impact of AI on banking with Marshall Choy, SVP Product at SambaNova Systems.

Terry Duffy, SVP & GM, Digital First Software & Services, NCRPersonalisation will mature in 2022 with financial wellness initiatives leading the way but while the rush to digital will continue, in the US, physical will also transform with merged channels and more connected user experiences. Look for banks and credit unions to solidify their crypto strategies and embrace the as-a-service model. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses these issues and more with Terry Duffy, SVP & GM, Digital First Software & Services of NCR.

Luke Massie, CEO, VibePayFrom open banking to embedded finance, payments are part of the conversation, and the financial technology sector needs to remember why its customers behave the way they do. The pandemic has also seen the rapid rise of a ‘creator’ economy online. These topics, the race to become Europe’s super app and more in this conversation between Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence and Luke Massie, CEO of VibePay.

Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO, Chargebacks911Shocked by the stark gender disparity within the FinTech industry where women currently make up just 7% of start-up founders, Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-founder and COO of Chargebacks911, launched a new micro-mentorship programme called , LIFT: Elevating Women in Fintech to empower female leadership across the thriving FinTech and payments arena

Phani Tangirala, Senior Director, Delivery, Operations & Solutions, Expleo SolutionsHyper-automation is a business-driven approach that should allow you to identify and automate many of your manual business processes and IT processes. It is a way of bringing together a multiplicity of technologies, tools and platforms that will improve your efficiency and speed of delivery. It is also likely to be unavoidable if you want to stay in business for the long term! Phani Tangirala, Senior Director, Delivery, Operations & Solutions of Expleo Solutions talks hyper-automation with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Stefan Schwitter, Head of Investment Solutions, SEBA BankThere is increasing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies with asset managers now viewing crypto as ‘digital gold’ and finding a corresponding commensurate place for it in their portfolios. These moves are being matched by progress in the regulation of digital assets and developments such as SEBA Bank’s crypto yield platform SEBA Earn. Robin Amlôt IBS Intelligence speaks to Stefan Schwitter, Head of Investment Solutions at SEBA Bank, a FINMA licenced Swiss Bank providing crypto and digital asset banking services.

Ron Benegbi, Founder and CEO, UplinqUplinq is building solutions for small business lenders that support the underserved, unbanked, minority and immigrant small business owner, while providing insights on all other SMBs that no other company globally can offer. Ron Benegbi, Uplinq’s Founder and CEO discuss how the start-up is helping SMBs become financially viable with IBSi’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti. 

Mike Yesudas, CTO, Suntec Business Solutions2022 may be the year that highlights just how much banks still have to learn about the deployment and use of artificial intelligence. Many financial institutions have a wealth of data but huge technology gaps. They need to be able to leverage this data without jeopardising its security. The bottom line is that too often banks don’t quite have the technology to use their data intelligently. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence discusses the issues with Mike Yesudas, Chief Technology Officer of Suntec.

Abhijit Prasad, SVP Working Capital Finance, KyribaThe trade financing gap has hit new heights during Covid-19, and SMEs are the hardest hit globally. Kyriba, an enterprise liquidity management platform, has recently launched its Working Capital Solutions, an attempt to close that gap. IBS’s Reporter Gaia Lamperti asked Abhijit Prasad, SVP Working Capital Finance at Kyriba more insights into this new product and the current state of supply chain finance.